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Locality Name:
Boise Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 95
Youngest recorded age at locality: 44

mindat Locality ID: 22664
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22664.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boise Co., Idaho, USA": 339
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 300

Number of Child Localities: 115
Child Localities:
Alder Creek & West Fork (Alder Creek And West Fork)
Alpha Claim
Antimony No. 2 Occurrence
Atlanta Area
Badger Prospect
Banner District
Birthday Mine (Branson Mine)
Black Bart Mine
Boise Basin District
Boise Basin Region
Brogan Placer Mine
BT9 Prospect
Bull Troup Lake Prospect
Canyon Creek Placers
Castle View Claims
Centerville District
Clear Creek Columbium Prospect
Clear Creek Mine No. 1
Clear Creek Placers
Clear Creek Prospect
Corse Gold
Crackerjack And Old Boston (Crackerjack And Old Boston Nos. 1; 3; 4)
Crow Prospect
Deadwood District
Divide Prospect Occurrence
Edith Prospect
Edna Mae Occurrence
Eightmile Creek Placer
Elkhorn Mine
Fern Creek Prospect
Fifty-One Placer Group
Fisher And Baumhoff Placers (Wharton Estate Claims)
Garden Valley Area
Garden Valley District
Garden Valley Placer Area
Gardena
Gates Mine
Gem State Consolidated Mines
Gold Fork
Governor Mine
Granite Creek Area
Grimes Area
Grimes Creek Occurrence
Halley Placer Mine
Hillside No. 1 Prospect
Hillside No. 11 Prospect
Hillside No. 12 Prospect
Hillside No. 16 Prospect
Hillside No. 71 Prospect
Hillside No. 86 Prospect
Homestead Group (MRDS - 10120259)
Hope Claim
Horseshoe Bend District
Idaho City
Idaho City District
Idaho City Occurrence
Ivanhoe No. 3 Claim
Julia Mine
Leary Placer Mine (Leary No. 2 Occurrence)
Lick Creek Prospect
Lightfoot Prospect
Little Falls Occurrence (Coca Claims; Little Fall Creek Prospect)
Lost Shoe Occurrence
Marsh Valley
Miller Mountain Mine (Au; Cosmos; Ivy; Cald Mine; Fury; Badger; Poppy; North; Magnolia Mine)
MM No. 3 Prospect
Monazite Claims
Murray Property
Nevada No. 1; 2; 3; 4 Prospect
New Columbium Prospect
North Fork Canyon Creek Prospect (Lost Cabin Placer)
Oscar Nos. 1 - 3
Out Post
Park Creek Prospect
Pine Creek Mica Claims (Matlock Mica Mine)
Pioneerville District
Placerville
Possible Placer Mine (MRDS - 10192667)
Prospect 85
Quartzburg District
Rabbit Creek
Rabbit Creek Placer Area
Red Mountain Prospect
Redfish Lake Area
Reid Placer Mine
Robie Creek Horseshoe Prospect
Ruthey And Corse Gold Mines
Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts
Sawtooth Wilderness Area (Sawtooth Primitive Area)
Silver Key Prospect
Silver King Group
Silver Strike Mine
Sourdough No. 1 And No. 2
Specimen Mine (Specimen Prospect)
Stanley And Hidden Lake Area
Stanley And Sawtooth Lake Area
Stanley Area
Stanley Basin District
Stella Bomar Nos. 1 & 2 Prospect
Sugar Creek Antimony Prospect
Summit Flat District
Summit Mine
Sunset Mine
Surprise Occurrence
Sylvia May Occurrence
Ten Mile West RARE II Area
Toxaway Lake Area
Tyee Mountain Area
Unnamed Diatomite Location (MRDS - 10119627)
Vacation No. 1 Occurrence
Warm Springs Creek
Warm Springs Creek Placers
Wash Creek Area
Westview District (Willow Creek District; Pearl District; Rock Creek District)
World War Prospect

Latitude: 43°59'56"N
Longitude: 115°38'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.998888888889,-115.64833333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb Pt REE S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBismutite
BrookiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCarpholiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHellanditeKaoliniteKobellite
LillianiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOwyheeite
PhenakitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteScheeliteSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineZircon

92 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carpholite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hellandite-(Ce)  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Masutomilite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Platinum  (*)Polybasite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Potassiccarpholite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Wodginite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S4204996,205187,205230,2052442793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)44446205105,205260,205261,205262,205264,2052658803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)39545.112050022353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2474412052602162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5205013,205231,205239,205249,2053169052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)120499811547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F47441205260304
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)244443205260,205261,205262606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1844447204993,204994,205105,205260,205261,205262,2052974286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi50475205071,205075,205079,205087,2052491966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S35205087,205088,205229,205245,2052491935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2205100,205211716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412052895516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111205322843
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO29545.11205002700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)474419204996,204997,204998,204999,205033,205059,205079,205084,205095,205132,205232,205234,205243,205245,205249,205260,205315,205319,20532227770
Carpholite  (*)CarpholiteMn2+Al2Si2O6(OH)447442205105,20526025
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2474412052605171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12051154979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2205033,2052895707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2504730204996,204997,204998,204999,205013,205021,205022,205024,205029,205030,205033,205034,205054,205059,205065,205077,205087,205088,205094,205095,205099,205196,205229,205230,205232,205234,205243,205249,205289,20532227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl5204997,204999,205098,205158,2052891382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O49545.112050023902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3205126,205208,2052172600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)474412052601025
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O647441205260518
Copper  (*)CopperCu2205184,2052893846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312051351797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3205033,205243,2052894165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212053169895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)47441205260648
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5120499634
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)9545.11205002520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3205029,205033,2052568173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O62205128,205256414
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)47441205260371
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO41205156196
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O47441205260345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F474412052602740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF244443205260,205262,2052649617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS504759204996,204997,204998,204999,205009,205013,205016,205021,205022,205024,205029,205030,205033,205034,205040,205041,205045,205046,205047,205049,205054,205059,205065,205070,205071,205075,205077,205081,205085,205087,205088,205092,205094,205095,205097,205098,205099,205138,205154,205172,205173,205196,205203,205230,205231,205232,205233,205234,205239,205240,205242,205243,205245,205249,205284,205289,205318,205319,20532224243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S44205229,205239,205245,205249192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)474412052607437
Gold  (*)CopperAu504757204995,204996,204997,204998,204999,205002,205007,205010,205013,205021,205024,205030,205036,205039,205045,205048,205049,205054,205059,205064,205070,205074,205079,205081,205084,205088,205098,205106,205111,205123,205136,205150,205156,205174,205175,205183,205184,205187,205190,205194,205198,205200,205209,205226,205230,205234,205239,205243,205245,205249,205250,205256,205259,205269,205293,205307,20532730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O474412052606890
Hellandite-(Ce)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Ce2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)2474412052608
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S47444205260,205261,205262,205263237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O344443205260,205261,20526214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O39205002,205010,205123,205150,205156,205162,205175,205194,2052565433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412052325591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O474412052601271
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS62205245,205249128
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4474410205002,205010,205123,205150,205156,205162,205175,205194,205256,20526014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120529912537
Masutomilite  (*)MicaKLiAlMn2+(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)24744120526012
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS23205088,205245,205249252
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1205132425
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS26204996,204997,204998,204999,205009,205229300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)44448205105,205128,205130,205260,205261,205262,205264,2052654924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS247444205033,205168,205214,2052605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)247449205002,205029,205128,205130,205232,205243,205245,205249,20526017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12051572994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)474412052602349
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S284204996,204997,204998,20499989
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)47441205260326
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1205187485
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2204997,204999716
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)66204996,205010,205105,205175,205194,205256121
Potassiccarpholite  (*)CarpholiteK(Mn2+,Li)2Al4Si4O12(OH,F)847443205260,205261,2052634
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS34204996,204997,204998,204999733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS38204996,204997,204998,204999,205009,205098,205158,2052291425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2504464204996,204998,205013,205014,205021,205022,205024,205029,205030,205033,205034,205040,205041,205045,205046,205049,205054,205059,205065,205070,205075,205079,205081,205084,205085,205087,205088,205092,205094,205095,205097,205098,205099,205138,205154,205160,205168,205173,205187,205196,205203,205230,205231,205232,205233,205234,205239,205240,205242,205243,205245,205249,205256,205260,205284,205289,205299,205308,205312,205317,205318,205319,205321,20532239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3205075,205087,2051151725
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO347441205260244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812052389056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2504480204993,204994,204996,204997,204998,204999,205009,205012,205013,205014,205021,205022,205024,205029,205030,205033,205034,205040,205041,205045,205049,205050,205054,205059,205064,205070,205075,205079,205084,205085,205087,205088,205092,205094,205097,205098,205105,205115,205116,205128,205129,205130,205138,205154,205158,205160,205168,205172,205173,205187,205203,205230,205232,205233,205234,205239,205240,205242,205243,205245,205249,205260,205261,205262,205264,205265,205289,205297,205299,205306,205308,205311,205312,205315,205316,205317,205319,205321,205322,20532461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO247442205105,2052605614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O89205002,205010,205128,205129,205130,205156,205175,205194,205256353
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)47442205088,2052606417
Silver  (*)CopperAg13204995,204996,204997,204998,204999,205098,205183,205184,205187,205230,205245,205269,2053275186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)344442205260,2052611214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS504760204996,204997,204998,204999,205009,205013,205021,205022,205024,205029,205030,205033,205034,205040,205041,205045,205046,205047,205049,205054,205059,205065,205071,205075,205077,205081,205085,205087,205088,205092,205094,205095,205097,205098,205099,205138,205154,205172,205173,205196,205203,205230,205232,205233,205234,205239,205240,205242,205243,205245,205249,205284,205289,205308,205312,205317,205318,205319,205321,20532221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS44204996,204998,205098,205158586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311205012,205013,205014,205049,205070,205087,205160,205197,205239,205245,2052493418
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S3205229,205238,205245510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13504729204996,204997,204998,204999,205009,205013,205021,205022,205024,205030,205034,205041,205045,205054,205059,205065,205088,205094,205095,205099,205138,205230,205232,205234,205240,205243,205245,205289,2053225317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12053234899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F244445205105,205260,205262,205264,2052651476
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O47441205260890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1205087605
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O84744120526078
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)95445205002,205123,205156,205256,2052605251



11 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-21592504748+2/-1   21592    136243Bruser Mine, Grimes Pass District, Boise Basin District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-20791957283+12/-11   20791    138779Lowman Placer, Grimes Pass District, Boise Basin District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4070845.945.145.5±0.4  biotite40708    139157Moly Dike Prospect, Grimes Pass District, Boise Basin District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-21590504748+2/-1   21590    137946Hiatt Group (Group Later Included With Saunders Property), Boise Basin District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-14221757072+3/-2   14221    136374Canyon Creek Placers, Boise Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-20825757072+3/-2   20825    136374Canyon Creek Placers, Boise Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-14194846073+11/-13   14194    137141Edith Prospect, Boise Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-21583484446±2   21583    137987Hillside No. 71 Prospect, Boise Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-14193846073+11/-13   14193    140151Red Mountain Prospect, Boise Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
Alexandra-0131444444K-ArAge of intrusionbiotite     3746Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise Co., Idaho, USASawtooth BatholithBennett (1980)10.2113/gsecongeo.75.2.278EG75_278Figure 11
Grew_Li_2019_0089474747      Potassiccarpholite 193634Glens Peak, Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise Co., Idaho, USAFall Creek drainage, near Glens Peak, Boise County, Idaho (Van Laer 2005)Menzies and Boggs (1993); Gaschnig et al. (2011)   


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060396Banner Mine, Banner District, Boise Co., Idaho, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060396


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